Support is growing in the Senate for a resolution aimed at limiting US involvement in the war in Yemen. The Senate voted 63-37 on Wednesday to advance the resolution, which, if passed, would end US military support for the Saudi-led coaltion in the war. The advancement sets the stage for[…]
The US space agency Nasa has landed a new robot on Mars after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface of the Red Planet. The InSight probe aims to study the world’s deep interior, and make it the only planet – apart from Earth – that has been examined in[…]
In justifying his backing for Saudi leaders despite the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stressed the kingdom’s arms deals – worth billions of dollars – with the United States. But the figures in a $110-billion agreement touted by the White House have been inflated[…]
Countries must impose sanctions on China over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in its western Xinjiang region, hundreds of scholars said, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of “psychological torture of innocent civilians”. At a briefing in Washington, DC, on Monday, representatives of a group of[…]
Bahrainis voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election from which opposition groups have been barred, amid a crackdown on dissent in the small Sunni-led, Western-allied kingdom, reporters Reuters. Activists had called for a boycott of the vote, describing it as a “farce”. The government said the election is “democratic” and[…]
An Israeli technology firm specialising in cyber intelligence offered Saudi Arabia a highly advanced system that hacks into mobile phones, months before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched a mass purge, according to Haaretz. The Israeli daily reported on Sunday that representatives from NSO Group Technologies held negotiations with Saudi[…]
As many as 145 pilot whales died in a mass stranding on a remote New Zealand island, authorities said on Monday. The Department of Conservation (DOC) said two pods of pilot whales were stranded on a beach on Stewart Island, 30km off New Zealand’s South Island. The whales were found[…]
French President Emmanuel Macron has lashed out at demonstrators who clashed with police in Paris during the latest protests sparked by rising fuel prices. “Shame on those who attacked” officers, he tweeted. “There is no place for violence in the [French] Republic.” There was chaos on the Champs-Elysées on Saturday[…]
Theresa May has written a letter to the British public pleading for their support for her Brexit deal, as the EU prepares to formally sign it off. The prime minister said her agreement promises a “brighter future” for the UK and leaving the EU next year will be “a moment[…]
Theresa May is heading to Brussels later ahead of a critical EU summit to formally sign off the Brexit deal. The prime minister will hold talks with top EU officials, before leaders of all 28 countries meet to endorse the agreement on Sunday. However, Spain has said it will not[…]
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